[lgjhn23]

“...I knew an old guy that claimed to have taken down a dive bomber with a BAR. I’m inclined to believe him.....”

A lot of those “old guys” were heckuva shots, especially the old sniper that prompted this thread. I’m quite sure that they got plenty of “practice” back then.
FWIW, if you’ve ever watched Hickok45 videos on YT, he did one or two videos on the BAR....it is a weapon of total devastation...a 30-06 full automatic. After viewing Hickok’s vids, I can believe the old boy took down a dive bomber with it.

[gundog]

He said they watched it for a while as it left, and smoke started coming out of it. Then, flames and a parachute. Said he’d just gotten fed up with being bombed.

Hunted ducks with him and his son a few times, before and after his cataract surgery. His son grumbled a lot after the surgery because he was a crack shot. And he kept score.